# kad
## Iban
### Etymology

Borrowed from English card.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kad/

### Noun

kad
* card

## Ido
### Alternative forms

* ka (often used before a consonant)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कदा (kadā), Japanese か (ka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kad/

### Particle

kad
* whether, if
    Me dubitas kad il venos. ― I doubt whether he will come.
* used at the beginning of a sentence to turn it into a question
    Kad il amas me? ― Does he love me?

## Latvian
### Adverb

kad
* when
* once

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɐd]

### Conjunction

kàd
* that
    Aš manau, kad ji graži. ― I think that she is beautiful.
* when
    Synonyms: kada, kai
* 'cause
    Synonyms: kadangi, nes
* so as to, in order to
    Synonym: idant
** 2007, Jurga, Angelai:Tupi angelai užsimerkę, kad nematytų ką darai.Sitting angels closed their eyes so as not to see what you are doing.

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* ka'd (Courland)

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kadëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skaþiz. Cognates include Finnish kade.

### Adjective

kad
* envious

### Noun

kad
* envy

## Malay
### Etymology

From English card, from Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”). Doublet of carta and kertas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kat]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -at
* Hyphenation: kad

### Noun

kad (Jawi spelling کد, plural kad-kad, informal 1st possessive kadku, 2nd possessive kadmu, 3rd possessive kadnya)
* A card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.).
    Synonym: kartu (Indonesian)

#### Derived terms

* e-kad
* kad ahli (“membership card”)
* kad caj (“charge card”)
* kad debit (“debit card”)
* kad Hari Raya
* kad ingatan (“memory card”)
* kad jaminan (“warranty card”)
* kad jemputan, kad undangan (“invitation card”)
* kad kiu
* kad kredit (“credit card”)
* kad kuning (“yellow card”)
* kad merah (“red card”)
* kad panggilan
* kad pengenalan (“identification card”)
* kad pintar (“smart card”)
* kad tebuk

### Further reading

* “kad” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kogъda, a compound of *ko (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos) and *gъda, genitive singular of *godъ (compare Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ, “right time”)), thus originally meaning "at what time".

#### Alternative forms

* kàda
* kăt (Torlakian)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kâd/

#### Conjunction

kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)
* (interrogative, relative) when
    Kad ćeš doći? ― When will you come?
    Ne znam kad ću stići na sastanak. ― I don't know when I will arrive at the meeting.
    Vjetar je prestao puhati baš kad je počelo kišiti. ― The wind stopped blowing just when it began raining.
* (subjunctive only) if, if only (= da)
    Kad bih samo imao malo više slobodnog vremena. ― If only I had a little more free time.
* used in miscellaneous phrases relating to time
    kad god ― whenever
    malo kad ― rarely (literally, “little when”)
    kad-tad ― sooner or later (literally, “when-then”)
    (t)ko zna kad ― who knows when

##### Usage notes

As a conjunction with the sense of "if", kad, just like synonymous da, is only used in subjunctive mood, to express what one wishes were the case or hypothetical situations contrary to reality in general. For all other uses, ako is used instead.

#### Adverb

kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)
* (informal, shortening of ikad) ever
    Jesi li kad bio u Beču? ― Have you ever been to Vienna?
* (informal, shortening of ponekad) sometimes
    Idem na posao kad tramvajem, kad autobusom. ― I go to work sometimes by tram, and sometimes by bus.
* used in miscellaneous phrases relating to time
    Nisam imao kad da ti se javim.I didn't have enough time to call you.(literally, “I didn't have when to call you.”)
    Trebao sam već otići u trgovinu, a sad se samo nadam da ću imati kad.I should have gone to the shop already, but now I just hope I will have the time to.(literally, “I should have gone to the shop already, but now I just hope I will have when.”)

##### Synonyms

* gda (Croatia)

#### Further reading

* “kad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kadъ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kâːd/

#### Noun

kȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑д)
* incense
    Synonym: kàdilo

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* “kad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kadь (“cask”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάδιον (kádion).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kát/

### Noun

kȁd f
* tub

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “kad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

Distorted abbreviation of French cathéter à demeure.

### Noun

kad c
* (colloquial) short for a catheter
    Synonym: kateter
    Kan du vara snäll och hämta en kad?Would you be a dear and fetch me a catheter?
* (colloquial) an IUC, indwelling urinary catheter